Dragon's Origin

“Over the years, haven’t I seen her living quite well?” The Emperor replied with a smile. “But now you’ve bullied her, so I, as her father, have to step forward.”

“Bully?” Wang Sheng almost laughed out of anger. “In just a few years, I’ve given Mei’er tens of billions of gold coins in assets. You call that bullying? Why don’t you bully me with tens of billions of gold coins as well?”

Steward Zhou, who was beside them, finally couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing. He immediately realized that he had committed a breach of etiquette before the Emperor and quickly covered his mouth, but his shoulders were still twitching, clearly unable to suppress it completely.

There were too many ambiguities in Wang Sheng’s words, to the point that people couldn’t help but have dirty thoughts. The Emperor’s definition of bullying was definitely referring to Wang Sheng and Mei’er consummating their marriage, while Wang Sheng was talking about throwing money at her. But Steward Zhou couldn’t help but think that Wang Sheng’s bullying was also the Emperor’s meaning, which was too interesting.

The Emperor himself coughed several times in a row, choked by Wang Sheng. He pointed at Wang Sheng with one finger, unable to speak for a long time.

Wang Sheng, of course, understood the ambiguity in his words, but the Emperor was cunning. If he suddenly brought up the matter of Wang Sheng and Mei’er consummating their marriage at this time, he might have some ulterior motive. No matter what he wanted to say, he had to shut him down first.

“Speak properly if you have something to say, discuss properly if you have something to discuss.” Wang Sheng didn’t care how serious it was that the Emperor was pointing at him and unable to speak. He still said in his usual tone, “Don’t use this as a bargaining chip. Could it be that you still want to talk to me as Mei’er’s father?”

“I am your father-in-law, that’s a fact, right!” The Emperor was blocked by Wang Sheng again and couldn’t help but ask.

“Seeing how you’ve been taking care of Mei’er recently, I’ll barely consider it!” Wang Sheng nodded, not caring about the Emperor’s identity at all. “However, at most, you’re only half of one. Where were you when she was really in trouble? When she was being hunted down, I was by her side, not you.”

“This is what I owe her.” Since Wang Sheng had already said this, the Emperor didn’t hide his feelings and said with some sadness, “You also know that at that time, I couldn’t help myself. By the time I was in charge of the royal family, I couldn’t find her anymore.”

“Then make up for it properly in the future. Don’t let others bully her again.” Wang Sheng wasn’t the kind of person who would hold onto the Emperor’s matter and not let go. At that time, the Emperor really had his difficulties. Mei’er was able to survive because Shadow was loyal enough back then. After saying this, Wang Sheng immediately added, “Of course, I’m an exception.”

“I’m guarding against you!” The Emperor was instantly amused by Wang Sheng’s last sentence. He pointed at Wang Sheng and cursed fiercely, “In the future, you better treat Mei’er well. If I ever find out that she has suffered even a little bit of grievance, I’ll have the three Grand Elders knock on your door!”

“Don’t worry!” Wang Sheng directly gave the Emperor a guarantee. Just when the Emperor thought this was to reassure him, Wang Sheng’s second half of the sentence was spoken, “For a long time, Old Ancestor Ling Xu will definitely be living in my mansion. The three Grand Elders can’t beat him.”

Steward Zhou almost spat again, but he managed to hold it back in time. However, the Emperor and Wang Sheng’s gazes fell on him at the same time, making Steward Zhou extremely embarrassed.

Just as he was about to apologize, Wang Sheng suddenly opened his mouth, “Old Zhou, don’t be afraid. Although you can’t beat Old Ancestor Ling Xu, I’ll talk to him and he’ll only teach you a small lesson, he won’t seriously injure you.”

This time, even the Emperor couldn’t say anything. Steward Zhou was secretly grateful to Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng’s words made his previous breach of etiquette before the Emperor disappear into nothingness.

“You are determined to go against me, aren’t you?” The Emperor was so angry that he didn’t know what to say. The series of arguments he had wanted to use before were completely useless now, making him very uncomfortable.

“How could it be going against you?” Wang Sheng picked up his wine glass, signaling Steward Zhou to quickly fill the Emperor’s glass.

The Emperor picked up the wine glass angrily, ignoring Wang Sheng’s gesture to clink glasses with him. He drained it in one gulp and slammed the glass on the table with a bang. “If this isn’t going against me, what is it?”

“Hey, you’re the Emperor! You should not show your emotions, and remain calm even if a mountain collapses in front of you.” Wang Sheng directly retorted, “As Mei’er’s father, you definitely want her to live well. Coincidentally, that’s what I think too. Our goals are the same, but don’t add anything else to our relatively friendly relationship, it’s not worth it!”

After saying a word, Wang Sheng slowly drank the wine in his glass.

The Emperor was a little embarrassed by what Wang Sheng said. In fact, how could he not have any ideas? He was thinking of using Mei’er’s identity to make a good deal, but Wang Sheng refused him with that method at the beginning, and now he exposed him with this method, making him very embarrassed.

He sat there for a long time. During this time, neither Steward Zhou nor Wang Sheng made a sound, but the two of them silently drank their wine, waiting for the Emperor to figure it out himself.

After a long while, the Emperor seemed to have figured it out. He let out a long sigh and raised his wine glass towards Wang Sheng. “I was thinking too much, my mistake.”

The Emperor actually apologized? Steward Zhou looked at this scene and didn’t know what to say. Perhaps, a person with the Emperor’s character would only have such a performance in front of Wang Sheng. Of course, this was also because the series of ideas that Wang Sheng had given the Emperor before had all been very effective, which made the Emperor lower his head so much, right?

Steward Zhou would never admit that Wang Sheng’s saying of "holding the Emperor to command the vassals" still had a great threat to the Emperor. Now that the Emperor was willing to apologize, it was because the Emperor was wise and could listen to good and bad words.

“Now that you two have consummated your marriage, shouldn’t you give Mei’er a decent wedding?” After the Emperor apologized, he immediately changed the subject, “I’ve also thought about it, I’ll immediately recognize her and restore Mei’er’s title of princess. We must hold the wedding in a grand manner.”

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“Mei’er doesn’t want to.” Wang Sheng’s words made the Emperor speechless. What a great opportunity to completely pull Wang Sheng onto his chariot, but his own daughter didn’t want to.

Weddings and recognition were all means for the Emperor to further win over Wang Sheng, but this was an open scheme, and Wang Sheng couldn’t refuse. But if Mei’er didn’t want to, then there was nothing to say. The Emperor would definitely not force Mei’er to do something she didn’t want to do.

“Since Mei’er doesn’t want to, then forget it.” The Emperor compromised again, for the several time today.

“By the way, aren’t you very curious as to why the Empress has always been so good to Mei’er?” The Emperor changed the topic and shifted the target to the Empress.

“Why?” Wang Sheng was indeed curious and quickly asked.

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